Article for table-service



(No Model.)

ANTHONY SKE & ALBERT ISEE.

ARTICLE POR TABLE SERVIGE.

Patented Peb. 6, 1894..

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UNITED STATES PATENT ANTHONY ISKE AND ALBERT ISKE, OAF LANCASTER,PENNSYLVANIA.

ARTICLE FOR TAB LE-SERVIC E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,322, dated February6, 1,894. Application filed February 23, 1893. Serial No. 463.305. (Nomodelz) To all whom; it ritaly concer-'m Be it known that we, ANTHONYIsKn and ALBERT lsKE, citizens of the United States, residing atLancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Articles forTable-Service; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in an article of table service inwhich a rack carrying cruets or the like is so combined with a call-bellas to form said article.

The objects of the invention, as well as the elements thereof, willdistinctly appear in the following description, and will be clearly setforthin the claim.

The purposes of the invention are attained by the mechanism and devicesillustrated'in the accompanying drawings in which similar letters ofreference designate like parts throughout the several views, and inwhich- Figure l is a central vertical section of a combined caster andgong embodying the elements of this invention; Fig. 2, a direct plan ofthe cruet rack detached from Fig. l, with portions of two cruet holdersbroken away for want of space in the drawings; Fig. 3, an elevation of acup which may be used in place of the cruets before mentioned; and Fig.4, an elevation of a bolster-bar supporting tubular sockets or cups onits extremities, which may be pivoted on the central stem in place ofthe rack before mentioned.

In the drawings A designates an ordinary gong mounted in the usualmanner on the central arch or frame, a, having its lower ends or feetrigidly secured to the under side of the concaved base-ring, A',provided at its lower edge with downwardly and outwardly curvedprojections, a', forming legs or feet on which said ring-base stands;and A2 designates a pear-shaped hammer having the upper end of its stem,a2, rigidly secured into the under side of a fiat strip or arm A3,having secured into one end thereof a pin-shaft a3, which has itsextremities pivoted into side projected lugs ai, integral with thecentral arch or gong supporting frame a, as shown, adapting said hammerto be swung outwardly and upwardly in` the direction of the dottedcurve, a5, against the body of the gong, by means of the downwardpropulsion of the plunger rod yet to be described, the weight of thehammer returning it again to the po sition shown in Fig. l.

Through the center of the gong, and into the top of the supportingframe, a, of the gong, is securely afiixed, as by screwing, the lowerend of a tubular shaft B, of approved length and diameter; a roundedcollar-screw b, is placed on the threaded lower end of the shaft andIirmly screwed home onto the gong to bind the several parts tightlytogether; and onto the upper end of the shaft is securely, butremovably, affixed a knob or button B', of approved size and shape, toform an ornamental iinial to this end. It will be seen that the shaft,B, is adapted to have' rotatably sleeved thereon the carriers or racksyet to be described; that the screw, b, forms a shoulder on which saidcarriers or racks may rotate; and that the ornamental inial serves toform a handle whereby the completed article may be conveniently carried.

To form the rack or carrier, C, a plan of which is shown in Fig. 2, atube c of approved dimensions, is rotatably sleeved, through its axialbore c', on the stem or shaft, B, and having its lower end to rest onthe shoulder b, as shown in Fig. l; at a prescribed point above itslower end this tube is provided with an integral body C', havingradially extending arms c2, having rigidly secured to the tops of theirouter extremities circular base-plates or disks C2, adapted to supporton their npper faces the cruets or other receptacles yet to bedescribed; and near its upper end this tube is likewise provided with anintegral body C3, havingits concaved outer edges pro-u vided withcorresponding tubes c3, having secured therein rings C4, of approvedsize, adapted to receive the bodies of the cruets or receptacles, justmentioned, and hold them in position on their respective disks. Thiscarrier or rack, C, with all its component parts, may be integrallyformed as one casting is made; or, its elements may be separatelyconstructed and then rigidly joined, as by brazing or soldering. Threerings and supporting disks are here shown in the construction of therack, but this is not essential, for

this number may be increased or diminished, at pleasure, to meet therequirements of the article in which said rack is to be used.

D designates a plunger-rod which is passed down through the axial boreof the shaft, B, and has its lower end resting on the pivoted hammer armor plate, A3, as shown in Fig. l, and its upper end, at a prescribeddistance above the top of said shaft or tube, B, is provided with anapproved button d, adapting said rod to be pushed downward through thetube to propel the hammer upward in its course against the inner face ofthe gong to sound a call, the weight of the hammer, by gravitation,returning both hammer and rod to the positions shown in Fig. 1.

Within the rings, C4, of the rack, C, and on the disks, C2, thereof, areplaced bottles or cruets E, of any approved size or shape, as shown inFig. l, when the article will be a caster combined with a call-bell;cups F, Fig. 3, of any approved size or shape may be used in place ofthe cruets just mcntionedserving respectively as, cigar holder, matchreceiver, and ash receptacle, when the article will be a smokerscompanion combined with a callbell; and said rack may be dispensed with,and a device G, consisting of a two-armed bolster-bar, G', having acentral vertical pivot orifice g, and on its extremities vertically supported tubular sockets or' cups g', secured thereto by screws g2, asshown in Fig. 4L, when the article becomes a match or tooth-pick holdercombined with a call-bell. In this latter construction two such cups areshown in place, but more may be used without changtion.

ing the nature of the invention, for the bolster may have any number ofarms, each supporting a cup; or, a circular disk or platform may be usedinstead of the bolster, and the cups secured, circumferentially, to theupper surface thereof, and not involve any new inven- These severallatter constructions are so evident and apparent that their separateillustration was deemed superfluous.

Having now described our said invention and fully ascertained the mannerin which it is to be performed, and laying no claimsbroadly to thecall-bell, what we do consider new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

In an article of table service, the carrierrack, C, comprising: the tubec having the axial bore c to be rotatably sleeved on the shaft B asdescribed, and provided near its lower end with the perpendicular body Chaving the radial arms c2 and the service supporting plates C2 securedto the tops of the outer ends of said arms; and, the perpendicular bodyC3 with the concaved portions c3 in its outer edge near the upper end ofthe said tube c, and the service retaining rings C4 secured into thesaid concaved portions, all substantially as described and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof weaflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ANTHONY ISKE. ALBERT ISKE.

YVitnesses:

DANIEL I-I. HERR, PAUL A. HERR.

